Rocastle I like the majority of your squad. You are going to be thin on rebounds, and you drafted three injured players that arent going to start the season (Love, Dunleavy, and T-Mac.) I like Thaddeaus Young more than Al Thornton, because the Clippers have a worse logjam at the 4 & 5 than we do at the 1 & 2.

I have some very basic questions that as a first-timer that I need to know:

1. When I set my weekly lineup, am I ONLY selecting my starting 5? Are the other 8 players essentially "inactive" for that week?

2. Am I correct in assuming that the schedule of a given player weighs heavily in who you want to activate? (...for instance, a guy who's team is playing 4 games during the course of a week as oppsed to a guy who's team is only playing 3 games?)

I have some very basic questions that as a first-timer that I need to know:

1. When I set my weekly lineup, am I ONLY selecting my starting 5? Are the other 8 players essentially "inactive" for that week?

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you can select ALL. Only BN-bench is inactive. Pay attention to matcups! playing vs Knicks, Suns - always "inflated" stats!

2.Am I correct in assuming that the schedule of a given player weighs heavily in who you want to activate? (...for instance, a guy who's team is playing 4 games during the course of a week as oppsed to a guy who's team is only playing 3 games?)

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Basically - yes, but usually superstars are far more useful even playing two games per week than, lets say 15ppg starter playing 4 time per week. check "opponents"

2. Am I correct in assuming that the schedule of a given player weighs heavily in who you want to activate? (...for instance, a guy who's team is playing 4 games during the course of a week as oppsed to a guy who's team is only playing 3 games?)

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Right. You will get more production out of Delfino than Tayshaun Prince is Delf plays 4 games and Tay plays 2. Probably. ;)

The soon to be refurbished Denver Colosseum was at half-capacity today as the Denver Squirrels announced their 2009/2010 roster to a moderately enthusiastic crowd. Squirrels staff, fans and media were on hand to view a multi-media presentation and a "meet and greet" session with the new team.

The crowd jeered and chuckled when the team's GM BallDon'tLie attempted to present what was refereed to as a state of the art multi-media presentation that consisted of a severely distressed overhead projector and a small boom-box playing what appeared to be un-licensed music from the hip hop group Run-DMC. Mr. BallDon'tLie scrolled through hand-drawn pictures of the new players while a cassette tape played "It's Like That" by the groundbreaking Rap group.

When BallDon'tLie fielded questions from the media, he was criticized for selecting 7 point guards (3 rookie point guards). The GM deflected these comments to his coach.

"Rufus Henry played the point. He had a great deal of influence in our selections yesterday due to his affinity for point guards as well as several large glasses of Courvoisier cognac". explained BDL. "Rufus places point guards as the top priority".

Ricki Davis is said to be in contract negotiations with the club as well.

BallDont'Lie was pretty forthcoming about his team in saying, "It's pretty obvious that we're a little thin on our front line and we'll work through that problem in trades and the free-agent market. I've learned a valuable lesson about providing Rufus with top-shelf cognac and then listening to his recommendations when selecting players."

"It won't happen again."

Squirrels Notebook:
Squirrels management has decided NOT to allow glass bottles to be sold at Denver Colosseum concessions after all. Mickie's Malt Liquor (beverage sponsor of the Squirrels) had initially wanted to offer their patented "Big Mouth" bottles at all arena concessions during games but were asked reconsider this idea by city officials. No replacement beverage container has been announced at this time.

Rocastle, I hate to say it but you should be worried about the center position as well, seeing how you have Duncan and Love (who is out for a while), and you NEED two centers...Definitely need to pick up a C immediately.

Another question. I keep logging in and my lineups are never the way I saved them the last time I logged in. Injured players are in the starting lineups, etc. Every time, I rearrange them so it's right. I submit changes, and then when I log in again, they're messed up again. Any ideas?